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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
802 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 800 PM EDT, A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN STOCK ISLAND AND BIG PINE KEY, MOVING WEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, RACCOON KEY, SNIPE POINT, COTTRELL KEY,
SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, AND WATER KEYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2473 8133 2474 8140 2469 8141 2474 8144
2469 8142 2466 8147 2469 8151 2464 8151
2468 8154 2469 8157 2464 8152 2457 8166
2457 8167 2458 8165 2456 8179 2459 8180
2456 8181 2453 8206 2481 8207 2487 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 083DEG 14KT 2464 8174
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
DP
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